My first kilted flying experience

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At present I'm 37,995 feet above the ground, hurtling along at 572mph, and in the iron grip of stark terror. I thought I'd share my experience flying whilst kilted in hopes it'll take my mind off the fear.

Knowing that I'd have a really rough time I decided that being as comfortable as possible was top priority. A small messenger bag with the bare minimum essentials, Teva sandals, and a lightweight kilt. We hit the airport at 3:30am, so the queue at the TSA dog and pony show moved along quickly. The small amount of hardware on my kilt is plastic, which I figured would be no big deal, but it still set off an alert in the body scanner. I'd decided against opting out to save the potential hassle, but it turns out I got a patdown anyway. With this being my first time flying since 9/11, and with all the terrible experiences many people have had with TSA, I was hoping to sail through with no issues. I have to give the agent who pulled me out big props for being a smooth operator. The kilt didn't phase him and he didn't make it weird, nor did he feel the need to run his hands up the inside until he "met resistance".

On the flight itself, I gotta say, it's super comfortable as you'd expect. No comments in the terminal or on the plane, a few looks I guess, fine by me. All in all, air travel in a kilt gets two thumbs up from me. Next time you fly I highly recommend giving it a go.

On on that note, it looks like we're 27 short minutes away from landing in Denver! My sister in law has confirmed that she's standing by with whiskey to calm my jangled nerves, and I'm stoked for a super cool five days in Fort Collins.

tl;dr - I wore a kilt on a plane, didn't get groped going through security, it's a super comfy way to fly, would recommend to others!